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Whelan--Oil and Gas Production


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Discoveries currently listed:
Operator: Lario Oil & Gas Company
Lease: Whelan, Well 1
Location: 31S-11W: C NW 32
Discovery Date: 07/24/1934
Producing zone: Mississippian
Operator: Great Lakes Carbon Corp.
Lease: Schwartz, Well 1
Location: 31S-11W: C NW SE 31
Discovery Date: 06/02/1942
Producing zone: Elgin Gas
Operator: Graham-Messman-Rinehart Oil Co.
Lease: Dryden, Well 1
Location: 31S-11W: SW SW SW 20
Discovery Date: 06/09/1953
Producing zone: Douglas Gas

Counties: Barber
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Producing Formations
Name Depth (ft.) Thickness (ft.) Oil Grav Produces Temperature
DOUGLAS SAND 3598 - - Gas -
ELGIN SAND - - - Gas -
MISSISSIPPIAN 4355 27 30 Oil, Gas -

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Production Plots

Year Oil Gas
Production
(bbls)
Wells Cumulative
(bbls)
Production
(mcf)
Wells Cumulative
(mcf)
1966 15,183 10 3,620,026 - - 0
1967 14,613 10 3,634,639 - - 0
1968 12,644 10 3,647,283 6,326,837 5 6,326,837
1969 11,160 10 3,658,443 417,135 4 6,743,972
1970 10,316 7 3,668,759 322,993 3 7,066,965
1971 9,527 7 3,678,286 329,389 3 7,396,354
1972 10,790 7 3,689,076 338,776 3 7,735,130
1973 8,537 7 3,697,613 309,387 4 8,044,517
1974 8,884 7 3,706,497 269,608 4 8,314,125
1975 7,566 7 3,714,063 293,337 4 8,607,462
1976 7,647 8 3,721,710 217,132 4 8,824,594
1977 6,680 8 3,728,390 233,921 4 9,058,515
1978 5,088 7 3,733,478 311,340 6 9,369,855
1979 3,893 6 3,737,371 390,757 6 9,760,612
1980 4,419 6 3,741,790 377,971 7 10,138,583
1981 5,187 7 3,746,977 254,565 7 10,393,148
1982 5,579 7 3,752,556 255,828 8 10,648,976
1983 4,960 8 3,757,516 72,014 5 10,720,990
1984 5,275 8 3,762,791 143,724 9 10,864,714
1985 8,254 11 3,771,045 220,673 8 11,085,387
1986 6,063 5 3,777,108 179,732 7 11,265,119
1987 6,464 5 3,783,572 245,453 8 11,510,572
1988 6,294 8 3,789,866 240,984 10 11,751,556
1989 5,572 8 3,795,438 233,664 9 11,985,220
1990 4,866 7 3,800,304 217,682 10 12,202,902
1991 4,872 7 3,805,176 201,221 10 12,404,123
1992 3,889 6 3,809,065 185,314 10 12,589,437
1993 3,592 7 3,812,657 165,564 10 12,755,001
1994 5,895 8 3,818,552 233,868 11 12,988,869
1995 5,580 8 3,824,132 251,060 10 13,239,929
1996 5,823 8 3,829,955 252,933 12 13,492,862
1997 4,036 7 3,833,991 301,661 12 13,794,523
1998 2,835 6 3,836,826 291,599 12 14,086,122
1999 3,589 6 3,840,415 281,795 12 14,367,917
2000 3,892 5 3,844,307 251,922 11 14,619,839
2001 3,418 5 3,847,725 215,114 11 14,834,953
2002 5,477 7 3,853,202 224,239 11 15,059,192
2003 6,793 5 3,859,995 265,875 11 15,325,067
2004 11,509 6 3,871,504 269,665 12 15,594,732
2005 16,904 7 3,888,408 268,616 14 15,863,348
2006 20,807 9 3,909,215 209,164 15 16,072,512
2007 18,258 9 3,927,473 233,969 15 16,306,481
2008 18,962 9 3,946,435 290,231 16 16,596,712
2009 18,634 11 3,965,069 234,831 17 16,831,543
2010 21,234 11 3,986,303 227,985 16 17,059,528
2011 30,257 12 4,016,560 222,248 17 17,281,776
2012 26,500 14 4,043,060 220,334 21 17,502,110
2013 21,315 14 4,064,375 196,664 20 17,698,774
2014 19,739 15 4,084,114 193,889 20 17,892,663
2015 14,588 14 4,098,702 185,854 19 18,078,517
2016 12,702 12 4,111,404 168,616 16 18,247,133
2017 12,510 15 4,123,914 142,352 16 18,389,485
2018 11,885 13 4,135,799 154,389 16 18,543,874
2019 9,170 15 4,144,969 137,365 14 18,681,239
2020 8,738 14 4,153,707 139,099 14 18,820,338
2021 8,849 11 4,162,556 119,816 15 18,940,154
2022 8,799 11 4,171,355 116,400 11 19,056,554
2023 6,834 10 4,178,189 105,027 11 19,161,581
2024 3,931 10 4,182,120 53,623 10 19,215,204
Updated through 8-2024.
Note: bbls is barrels; mcf is 1000 cubic feet.